Chandigarh: The Punjab Haryana High Court has suspended a Principal District Judge of Family Court and recommended dismissal of services of another judicial officer after the two were accused of large-scale corruption, sources said. Sources said that acting Chief Justice Ritu, who headed the full court in the Punjab Haryana High Court, has recommended the dismissal of Anmol Singh Nair from judicial service, while the services of Tarsem Mangala, Principal District Judge, Family Court, Faridkot have been suspended.
It is learnt that Tarsem Mangala, a Punjab cadre officer who was posted as a secretary in the Legal Services Authority and who was working as the Principal District Judge of the Family Court of Faridkot, is accused of corruption and amassing assets worth crores by abusing his position. A petition by the relatives of the accused seeking an ED probe into these allegations is also pending in the High Court. The High Court has issued a notice to the Registrar of the High Court, the Director of the Enforcement Directorate and others in this regard.
